News & Features
Everything we've published, from track-side reporting to slow Sunday reads.

Rockford Fosgate Adds Three Factory-Fit Audio Kits for Polaris RZR and Sportsman
The Tempe, Arizona audio maker rolled out a rear-door speaker upgrade, a boosted subwoofer kit, and a new front-rack system built for Polaris off-road vehicles.

Michelin Launches XHA3 Radial Tire for Loaders, Dump Trucks and Graders
The new construction-equipment tire adds a sensor-free visual inflation indicator and claims up to 20% longer wear life than its predecessor, with U.S. availability beginning this year.

AWE Tuning Launches New Exhaust Suite for the BMW G42 M240i
The Pennsylvania-based exhaust maker says its straight-through 3-inch system frees up 65 percent more flow than stock, with Touring and Track editions built around the B58 inline-six.

American Force Adds Seven New Forged Wheel Designs to Its Lineup
The Wheel Pros-owned truck wheel brand expanded its monoblock forged catalog with seven new styles spanning sport truck, dually, and big-and-tall applications.

The Aero Shop That Wind-Tunnel-Tests Wings for Cars That Never Leave the Track
Voltex has spent 25 years building the GT wings and splitters that define Japanese time attack — parts developed for one job only: shaving tenths off a lap at Tsukuba.

The Brand That Turned Luxury Sedans Into Rolling Living Rooms
Junction Produce didn't set out to build an industry — it made bodykits for its own crew in the early '90s until strangers at car shows started asking to buy them. Now it's the name most associated with Japan's VIP style.

The Bodykit Brand That Defined an Entire Generation of Toyota Sedans
Vertex never touched a Supra or an RX-7. Its whole reputation was built on the Toyota Chaser and Mark II — the sedans that carried Japan's VIP and drift scenes at the same time.

The GT-R Tuner That Never Bothered Chasing Big Horsepower Numbers
Mine's has been quietly refining Nissan's Skyline and GT-R since 1985, and its founder's whole philosophy comes down to one idea: balance beats a bigger number on the dyno sheet.

Bomex Made the Bumper on the Most Famous Movie Supra Ever. It Never Actually Went Away.
Alligator Co. built Bomex into one of the defining names in JDM aero through the '90s, from a Tokyo Auto Salon award to Brian O'Connor's Supra. Nearly 35 years later, Bomex Aero is drawing a new generation on Instagram.

One Chiba Shop Has Tuned Nothing But Rotary Engines Since 1974
RE Amemiya's name isn't a brand exercise — 'RE' stands for Rotary Engine, and founder Isami Amemiya has spent over five decades building his entire business around a powerplant most tuners consider too finicky to specialize in.

StreetHunter Designs Went From a YouTuber's Garage to a Widebody Catalog Spanning Six Platforms
TJ Hunt didn't set out to run a body kit company — he just kept installing other people's kits and thinking he could do it better.

A 21-Year-Old Turned an Architecture Background Into His Own Toyota 86 Aero Brand
Elfaera's Yuri isn't the first person to make his own body kit for the 86/BRZ platform — he's part of a small but growing line of builders using the car as a design portfolio.

Roush's New Supercharger Puts 810 Legal Horsepower Under a Stock-Looking Mustang Hood
The 2026 Roush Mustang Supercharger bolts in with zero cutting or drilling, and it's now 50-state legal.

HRE Marks 20 Years of Monoblok Wheels With an All-New Structural Design
The Series P3 debuts with the P301 — a five-spoke mesh wheel built around an integrated structural disc, fit for cars like the Porsche GT3 RS and Ferrari F80.

3D Printers Are Turning Garages Into Body Kit Shops — and Bugatti's Taking Notes
From a widebody Miata kit designed in Fusion 360 and printed on a desktop machine to Bugatti's titanium brake calipers, additive manufacturing is reshaping what "aftermarket" means.

How a Vietnam-Era Helicopter Fix Became a Multibillion-Dollar Car Care Industry
Paint protection film started as 3M's answer to rotor-blade damage in the 1960s. Now it's a self-healing, publicly-traded business anchoring modern car care.

Bridgestone's New Track Slick Claims a Faster Lap With a New 'Sprint' Tire Option
The Racing Battlax V03 lands in Europe and North America in 2026, with a Sprint-spec rear tire built specifically for qualifying-length runs.

A New Mid-Mount Turbo Kit Targets 600+ WHP on the 370Z and G37
Bull Boost Performance's patent-pending kit is built specifically for manual-transmission VQ37VHR cars.

Roush's 810-HP Mustang Supercharger Kit Is Now 50-State Legal
The S650 GT and Dark Horse kit clears every state's emissions rules — a real hurdle for any bolt-on this size to clear.

EV Widebody Kits Are Now the Fastest-Growing Corner of the Bodykit Market
Larte Design's kit for the Tesla Model S and Avante Design's kit for the Porsche Taycan are leading a segment nobody expected five years ago.

Brembo's 'Beyond EV' Kit Is Built Specifically for How Electric Cars Actually Brake
A coated-disc and matched-pad system engineered around regenerative braking behavior, aimed at the fast-growing EV and hybrid aftermarket.

Ford Will Now Pre-Install a Whipple Supercharger on Your F-150 or Mustang
Ford Racing Parts is offering the kit as a dealer-installed, pre-delivery option — pushing the Mustang GT and Dark Horse as high as 810 horsepower.

Volk Racing's TE37 GRAVEL III Brings a Rally Icon Into Its Third Generation
RAYS Engineering's gravel-spec version of the legendary TE37 gets an update — one of the most recognizable wheel designs in rally and Group A history.

BBS Unveiled Three New Wheels at Tokyo Auto Salon — Including a Street-Legal E88 Homage
The MAG-R, FL FORTEGA, and RT88 cover a magnesium wheel built for the BMW M3, an EV-focused alloy, and a road-going version of BBS's motorsport-only E88.

Rocket Bunny's New 'Pocket Bunny' Kit Turns a Kei Car Into a Miniature R32 GT-R
TRA Kyoto's latest widebody conversion doesn't just widen a car — it turns a Suzuki Twin kei car into a shrunk-down Skyline GT-R, debuted at Tokyo Auto Salon 2026.

Mickey Thompson Just Revived Its Classic Wheel as a Modern Forged Monoblock
The MT Classic Forged blends the original wheel's vintage look with 6061-T6 forged construction, arriving at retailers in early 2026.

Wilwood Built a Big Brake Kit for the Van-Life Crowd's Overloaded Sprinters
The AERO-DM direct-mount kit targets 2022-2024 Sprinter 2500 AWD conversions that routinely exceed factory GVWR once cabinetry and gear go in.

Work Wheels Revives the Cult-Favorite VS KF as the New VS KF♯
Eight years after being discontinued, Work's 3-piece VS KF returns with updated load ratings, more finish options, and a limited Chrome Edition.
